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Title: Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, No.38-46
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: ONTARIO. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
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Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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st fall, the City Council wasinduced to plough up a number of vacant lots and lot owners were asked, throughthe medium of the press, to forward to the committee a list of any vacant lotswhich could be used for gardening purposes. In some cases owners of suitablelots residing out of the city were communicated with and permission obtained towse same. The original scheme was considerably enlarged upon in the spring ofthis year owing to a number of unemployed desiring this means of raising vege*-tables for their own use. The object was to beautify the city by cultivating vacantlots, more especially those situated between or close to residential or businessbuildings. A committee of six, including the Mayor and City Clerk, was appointedto organize the scheme which was formed into a Vacant Lot Gardening Assoc-iation and placed under the supervision of Mr. Paddington of the City Hall, whotook a great interest in the work and to whom most of the credit is due for thesuccess of the Association.
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o a 16 KErOKT OF THE No. 43 Each member wishing to become a member was requested to fill in a cardshowing the number of the plot to be cultivated and upon which was printed theconditions of membership. The plots allocated to those members who were unableto pay for discing and harrowing were prepared at the Citys expense. Eachmember was supplied with a bag of seed potatoes or the value of same when theyharvested their crop. Each plot was staked out and numbered to correspond withthe number on the membership card. Members were requested to plant at leastone row of flowers in addition to vegetables. If required, the City provided fenceposts and wire. The number of lots cultivated was 263, The scheme generallyproved a success, but, owing to an exceptionally wet summer and early frosts inAugust, the potato crop was severely damaged. The Park Board was induced to give prizes for garden competition, but notconfined to the members of the Society. Six prizes out of the nine given Were wonby me

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